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8.20.10 - eQHealth helps rebuild health in post-Katrina New Orleans
8.11.10 - Hospital MRSA Infection Rates Plunge 28 Percent
7.1.10 - eQHealth Solutions and CMS respond to June JAMA article on SCIP Measures
7.1.10 - The Remington Report, July/August issue features the Baton Rouge Care Transitions project.
5.4.10 - Mother educates about medical errors at eQHealth Summit (Link to story in The Advocate, Baton Rouge)
5.4.10 - Rapides Regional earns Platinum Award (Link to story on TownTalk.com)
4.26.10 - 2010 Louisiana Medicare Quality Summit Wrap-Up plus Award Winners
4.26.10 - Sorrel King: 2010 Woman's Day "50 Women Changing the World" Winner in Baton Rouge
4.01.10 - eQHealth Quality Improvement Specialist's mission trip to Haiti featured in Baton Rouge magazine
3.10.10 - Medicare Suspends Marketing and Enrollment for Fox Insurance Company Part D Drug Plan
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NEWS ARCHIVES
12.27.09 - eQHealth Solutions featured in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) "Nonprofit plans expansion"
12.01.09 - Catholic Sisters Learn to Live Well with Diabetes (pdf file*)
10.20.09 - $1 Million Diabetes Education Grant Awarded to LHCR
African-American Medicare Patients to Benefit
10.12.09 - Louisiana’s Flu Immunization Rate Among Seniors Doubles -
Leadership helps drive quality improvement.
10.14.09 -eQHealth's Chief Medical Officer, Ron Ritchey, MD on WRKF Public Radio speaking about the "Care Transitions" program. (Link to WRKF MP3 file)
10.2.09 - World MRSA Day, Friday, October 2, 2009 -
How Providers and Patients Can Prevent MRSA
10.1.09 - Patient Coaches Improve Quality, Cut Costs - Louisiana Medical News.com article on the Care Transitions project.
9.17.09 - Medicare Coverage and Reimbursement Rules for the H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Coverage are announced.
9.11.09 - Project to Reduce Unnecessary Hospitalizations Showing Success -
Baton Rouge project reports 80% improvement
9.10.09 - CMS Announces Medicare Fee-for-Services (MFFS) Billing for the Administration of the Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Vaccine
6.4.09 (Baton Rouge, LA) - WAFB-TV Healthline story on Care Transitions coaching at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.
Click for video - Click for transcript
5.18.09 - Health care providers in Louisiana take home honors for improving patient care at the 2nd Annual Health Care Quality Summit.*
3.10.09 - Care Transitions project featured in The Advocate, Baton Rouge*
1.27.09 - Louisiana Health Care Review announces new administration roles - Industry veterans bring experience to quality improvement
1.22.09 - Curtis applauds Boustany appointment to House Ways and Means Committee*
3.4.09 - ARRA Stimulus Package Resources
12.5.09 - Quality Successes - Results from the 8th SOW
11.13.08 - Medicare Beneficiaries Encouraged to Compare Prices and Coverage for Drug Plans - Annual re-enrollment period begins this week.
9.3.08 - Managing Diabetes -
This article from The Independent Weekly highlights CMS's new initiative to reduce disparities in diabetes care.*
8.18.08 - Louisiana Health Care Organizations and Medicare Patients to Benefit from Two New Federal Grants - Focus is on Reducing Disparities and Hospital Readmissions*
1.2.08 - Significant Improvements Made in Health Care for Louisiana's Medicare Beneficiaries - Louisiana health care providers to continue receiving quality improvement support
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